In Loving Memory
Shirley Edna Worden
1926 – 2023
Funeral Service
Friday, May 5, 2023
1:00 PM Atlantic / 12:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM CT / 10:00 MT / 9:00 AM PT
Fundy Funeral Home
230 Westmorland Road, Saint John, NB
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Shirley Edna Worden Obituary
Shirley Edna Worden (nee Clark), a precious Mother, Grandmother, and Great-grandmother, passed away on April 18, 2023, in Chilliwack, British Columbia, at the age of 97 years. She was the only child of Samuel and Gladys Clark, born in Saint John, New Brunswick, on March 26, 1926. She was predeceased by her youngest daughter Kathy Worden, in February of 1970 and by her husband, J. Howard Worden, in December of 2000.
Shirley, despite her advanced age, retained her memory and was knowingly surrounded by her loved ones until the very end.
She is survived by her beloved children:
Leonard [Len] Worden and wife Michelle, Nancy Bradford and husband Cecil, Sharon Worden, Janice [Jan] Solomon and husband Jeff;
Her dear grandchildren:
Micheline Westoff and husband Jim, Shelley Monahan and husband John, Michael Worden and wife Jean, Wayne Bradford and wife Heather, Mark Bradford and wife Danneilia, Neil Bradford and wife Maria Catala, Andrew Bradford, Lauren Solomon and husband Michael Harding, Katherine Guy and husband Jonathan, Melissa Swalehe and husband Joseph;
And her treasured great-grandchildren:
Zachary and Rachel Westoff, Johnny, Sarah, and Hannah Monahan, Nicholas, Jeremy and Julia Worden, Riley, Callum and Amelia Bradford, Madison, Kate, and Tayla Bradford, Carter and Lucas Bradford, Benjamin and Mariah Guy, Noah Harding, and Ellianna Swalehe.
Shirley lived a full and beautiful life with a deep faith and conviction of God’s will for her life. She found strength in her closely associated friends, which brought her much peace and joy. She loved sewing, knitting, and crocheting. She also had a love for travel and travelled to various places in the world up into her 90’s, until she was no longer able. Her favourite places to travel were to various provinces in Canada and the USA, where she visited family, as well as travelling to the Ukraine several times, where her daughter Sharon resided. Her last trip was to visit her daughter Jan and family, in British Columbia, in January of 2018. Her remaining years were spent living in the Waverly Seniors Village in Chilliwack, British Columbia, close to her daughter Jan and family. She stayed connected to distant family and friends by the blessing of technology, up until the very end. Two daughters, Nancy and Jan and granddaughter Katherine were by her side when she moved on to her heavenly home. She was surrounded by loved ones until the very end. Shirley will be forever loved and will be dearly missed by so many.
A viewing will be held on May 4, 2023, between 5:00pm – 8:00pm at the Fundy Funeral Home located at 230 Westmorland Road, Saint John, New Brunswick, E2J 2G3. A funeral will be held on May 5, 2023, at 1:00pm at the Fundy Funeral Home. The burial will take place after the funeral service at the Ocean View Memorial Gardens, located at 715 Latimore Lk Rd, Saint John, New Brunswick beside her husband.
We kindly encourage that Memorial donations be made to a charity of your choice in Shirley’s honour, instead of giving flowers to the family.
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Thank you for sharing this precious time of comfort with us. May your memories be of the little widow woman who purposed, prayed and prospered through all the storms of life.
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Dear Len, Sharon, Nancy, Jan and your Dear families. I want to let you ALL know how special your Dan and Mom were to us in our years in Montreal. They made your home a ‘home away from home’ for Johnny and me and our Boys. Then and through following years there has been a dear and precious bond between your Mom and me.
I am very glad, now all earthly discomforts are past and your Mom can enjoy the promises of these who finish their earthly race in victory.
Love Iona Drummond.
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I have loved listening to this special service for dear Shirley, such a special service. A dear dear Mom and she was my good friend as well. I will never forget being at GlenValley convention a few years back, and seeing Sharon and Nancy coming in daily to do their dear Mother’s hair. Such love shared between them. A sweet memory ❤️❤️
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Our dear Sharon,
Our thoughts and our hearts are with you .We will always remember your dear Mother’s lovely smile and beautiful spirit she always shared .Nothing can touch her now. So happy you were able for those months with her. Very precious memories indeed. All was a part of God”s plan
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Our condolences to Sharon and the family of Shirley.
Memories of love and friendship are treasures we carry of Shirley. She was a special presence in our Wednesday afternoon bible study gathering. Shirley’s faith, strength, and goodness shone brightly.
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Our deepest sympathy to Leonard, Nancy, Sharon and Janice and families in the loss of your dear mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.
Shirley was a shining example to me during my youth in Montreal. I spent countless hours with Janice in her and Howard’s home. I can speak to the warmth of her presence and say I never ever heard her say an unkind word about anyone ever. She was a wonderful person who will be missed.
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Was so nice to view and listen to your dear Mother’s service today. Was wonderful to hear of her faithfulness and that she was true to her purpose. Glad we have memories of her when she visited in Manitoba.
Thinking of you all with deepest sympathy.
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Our condolences to the family of Shirley Worden, we always appreciated her in NB and Quebec when passing through…
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~Rest In Peace Shirley~
So Glad I had a chance to meet you because of my friendship with your wonderful daughter, Nancy!
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Dear family of Shirley,
The wonderful service today was such a comfort. We feel very privileged to have been able to view here in Ireland.
We met Shirley when she first came to BC and Sharon you were there to get her acclimatized and settled into Abbotsford Chilliwack area -Jan’s area. Now Shirley’s spirit has moved on as we heard to her forever home.
What ere the future days may hold…holdfast to the promise of comfort there is Jesus, thru prayer.
Our heartfelt condolences to each of you.
Love
Rob n Elva Stapleton
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Shirley has gone but she has left us with the beauty of her spirit that has enriched our own lives. We are grateful for the past few years we have known and loved her. Our thoughts and sympathy are with all her family today.
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To all of Shirley’s family, our thoughts are with you all at this time with our deepest sympathy. Our friendship goes back over 50 years and since that time we have enjoyed many wonderful visits and fellowship, the last being in Abbotsford. She was a constant, always encouraging.
She will be missed by all but her memory will always remain.
George and Rita Rhodey & Family
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We have many fond memories of Shirley beginning when we lived in Ottawa. Howard and Shirley would visit our home and we would stop and visit them in Montreal. Sharon was in the Ottawa field for 2 years in the 1970’s when we first moved there from Vancouver.
We shared time with Shirley in Ukraine in 2015 when Andrew helped his grandmother travel there.
We were privileged to have one more visit with Shirley and Sharon in April in Chilliwack.
We were very pleased to be able to view the service online today.
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A beautiful service of comfort for a beautiful soul. We always admired Shirley’s lovely spirit even through tragedy and physical pain. Love to you all, Orin and Joy
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It was very special to be able to listen and watch your dear Mother’s funeral service.
Sharon, we will continue to think of you often.
Hope you have good days as you go forward.
Love and care from us both, Dennis and Donna Lougheed
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Thoughts of love and care go to all the family at this time. Shirley was a very special woman to me over the years. Marjorie Locke
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Dear family of Shirley,
I was not personally acquainted with the family but I was drawn to watch the service today. I felt like I got acquainted with another sister in the spiritual family. I am so thankful for faithful lives. Thanks for the very sweet and soft service. Your sister in Oregon, Linda
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We missed having dear Shirley as a neighbor. She is missed.
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Special thoughts to all the Family in the loss of your Very Dear Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother. 💕 – Leona Reid
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Thinking of you all as we say goodbye to this lovely Lady. She is home.
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Our heartfelt condolences to SHARON and the entire family. Shirley was much loved by us all.She was truly a beautiful soul and I valued her true friendship and the visits my family an I had with the whole family inMt St.Hilaire in Quebec in the early years. She was very welcoming to us all.What kindness.
She has gone on to her reward.
May her soul rest in eternal peace
Shirley!Debbie,Deidre.Kieryn. and Mikayla Harris
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Oh our deepest sympathy to all the family and we know she is resting now. I did not know her very well but felt I knew enough about her to know that she was a wonderful lady. Hearts full of love to all.
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Dear Sharon
We are thinking of you these days in the passing of your mom. We have very special memories of our time spent with you in Ukraine. You had a very special place in the hearts of the people there.
Love Lyle and Donna Manary
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I appreciated very much our new friendship starting in Abbotsford. Shirley had a lively spirit & good memory. I appreciated her and Sharon in our Weds afternoon bible study. Now she has gone to be in another Life.
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My condolences to all the family at this time.We have only one Mother.
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Special thoughts to all the Family in the loss of your very dear Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother.🌹
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Dear Sharon and family: we have been thinking of you since your loss of your mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her faith and her life has encouraged and inspired us. May God’s comfort and encouragement be with you all during this difficult time.
Lots of love from us.
Long, Mai, Martin, Hong, Marcus and Victor.
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Shirley was a dear lady; she took a keen interest in everyone. The welcome mat was always out in the Worden home; and I, as well as many others appreciated the hospitality.
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My thoughts are with you dear Sharon, Jan and Nancy.
It was very encouraging for me to have known your mother who has been so kind to me. I had never seen her complaining. She was always positive with a great sense of humour, and that told me that she knew about the secrets of living a good life.
She was a brave woman with a love for eternal riches that will continue to inspire me.
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Sending my sincere condolences to you Sharon and all your family. I enjoyed having your mom in my home and then meeting her at convention. Such a sweet spirit. She lived in faith and died in faith.
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Rest, Grandma Shirley. Your kind and soft words will be missed. Love to the family
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Shirley was an amazing woman. My prayers to all the families.
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I have very fond memories of Shirley since marrying into the Drost family. She had a love and interest in everyone. Always so kind and caring.
Sending love and condolences to all. ❤️
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Condolences from Helen and Rob to Nancy and her family. Much love to you.
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Thinking of you all these days as you lay the body of your mom/grandmother/great grandmother to rest, while she lives on now in the eternal realm. May you all know God’s comfort.
💕 Vern & Connie Martin
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Her life speaks encouragement to all remaining…….thank you Shirley…
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I always enjoyed visiting with Shirley when she visited Ukraine. Sharon’s “wee Mum” will be missed. Much love and comfort to Shirley’s family.
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I’m glad I was with Sharon when Shirley came to visit and got to know her sweet spirit. She will be greatly missed, but it’s wonderful that she could go home. My thoughts of sympathy go to the family now.